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Fall 2024

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Beyond Bars Literary Journal - Vol. 1, Issue 1
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“Soft in a Hard Place”

by Cameron Terhune

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“Plantanos Con Frijoles y Crema”

by Brittany Delgado

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“Later”

by Naomi Shihab Nye

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“McDonald’s Jesus”

by F.R. Martinez

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December 22, 2023

The Carceral System in Film I–The Big House (1930)

As one of the fiction editors at Beyond Bars, I take a look at how movies from different time periods show the carceral system.

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December 22, 2023

Snail Mail

Submissions we receive illustrate the process of creating art in confinement; they thrum with the energy of makeshift ingenuity.

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December 22, 2023

The Pen is Only the First Hurdle

When resources are limited, how do incarcerated writers enter the literary community? How do they find their readers?

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